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Maple Grove
(Cedar Bluffs, Cedar Twp) |
Maple Grove Cemetery , Cedar Bluffs, Nebraska Saunders County, Nebraska. SW 1/4 NE 1/4 Sec 2-16-7 or 1/4 mile south of Cedar Bluffs on Highway 109. Well kept cemetery.
Recording started Auqust 27, 1976 and completed on Septeber 21, 1976. Recorded by Clarabelle Mares 1722 E 19 Fremont, Nebraska and assisted by Kathrine Petersen.
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1976 Names Index - Pages 12 through 22
2001 Index

Page 1 Maple Grove Cemetery - Cedar Bluffs, Saunders County, Nebraska
Section 1 front to back north to south
James Elmore Hadley, M.D.
1857 - 1940
Edward Everet Brainard Irena Mira Brainard
7 Sep 1879 5 Aug 1933 13 Feb 1879 31 May 1972
Row 2 south to north
John Crocker
d 6 Feb 1897 49 yr 9 days
Isabella, wife of G A Jackson
d 24 Aug 1896 37 yr 7 mo 2 days
John E Mowbray
d 17 Jan 1899 29 yr 4 mo 4 days
Charles S Williams Jennie E Williams
1873 - 1960 1877 - 1941
son, Floyd J Williams son, Evertte A Williams
1901 - 1965 1909 - 1922
son, Walter J Williams
Nebr WW I
lst Lt QM Res
13 Jul 1898 9 Jul 1967
Ferdinand H Ranslem Sophia Ranslem
6 Mar 1865 25 Nov 1951 6 Sep 1873 23 Jan 1957
Lewis J Schere Josie Schere
1867 - 1922 1875 - 1921
Lee Williams Laura A May Williams
1873 - 1914 1874 - 1951
son, Williams son, Richard Williams
b & d 1897 1900 - 1959
Della M Keegan
12 July 1894 9 Apr 1970
Page 2 Maple Grove Cemetery - Cedar Bluffs, Saunders County, Nebraska
Row 3 north to south
Edward Clapham wife, Ann Bradley
12 Jan 1845 1 May 1903 19 Aug 1844 19 Jul 1908
Elizabeth Clapham Alkire
12 Mar 1878 30 Apr 1942
Elisabeth Alkire Brogan
16 Jul 1903 2 May 1973
Dorothy Clapham Callaway
15 Sep 1871 30 Oct 1957
Milly J Williams, wife of Chas Williams
17 Apr 1851 29 Aug 1900
Charles Williams GAR flag marker
24 Jan 1849 9 Mar 1930
Ida M Williams
5 Nov 1876 21 Dec 1931
William H Bruning Mary Ann Bruning
13 Sep 1848 25 May 1932 29 Sep 1851 11 Jun 1935
Lewis A Bruning
29 Apr 1874 11 Feb 1903
Emery H Bruning, son L A & J V Bruning
1 June 1901 28 Aug 1901
Watson Buttrick wife, Sarah Buttrick
d 19 Jun 1902 72 yr 6 mo d 22 Feb 1901 66 yr 9 mo
John W Buttrick Irene F Buttrick
12 Dec 1865 14 May 1946 25 Jun 1878 20 Apr 1932
William C Haxby Zora B Haxby
21 Jul 1887 3 Dec 1970 25 Feb 1887 12 Sep 1962
Mary J Lawrence Sarah A Ridsdale
1 Nov 1857 30 Dec 1912 20 Nov 1855 30 Dec 1924
Minnie Ivory Hadley
1859 - 1936
Carl D Brown wife, Maude E Palmer
17 Jan 1877 30 June 1942 28 Apr 1880 11 Oct 1960
Rowena M , dau Adam & Minnie Lockner
5 Aug 1902 25 May 1910
Minnie Lockner Adam Lockner
4 Mar 1863 24 Jul 1933 22 Aug 1860 16 Dec 1934
Robert A Lockner Edmund A Lockner
1885 - 1952 28 Nov 1891 8 Oct 1948
Nancy L Phillippe
b & d 1934
Marguerite H Phillippe
1914 - 1968
Page 3 Maple Grove Cemetery - Cedar Bluffs, Saunders County, Nebraska
Infant son of Geo & Della Johnson
29 Dec 1896 3 Feb 1897
Maude, dau of Geo & Della Johnson
d 7 Sep 1902 3yr 8 mo 24 days
George Johnson
22 Oct 1857 24 Nov 1939
Della Ann Johnson
21 Nov 1867 27 Jan 1928
Albert B Johnson Bessie Johnson
1889 - 1966 1888 - 1960
Row 4 south to north
Robert L McCauley Mary E McCauley
1859 - 1936 1869 - 1945
William j McCauley Inf son of R L & M McCauley
1873 - 1952 d 29 Jun 1899 27 days
Irvin E McCauley
1900 - 1962
A George Allender wife, Alice C Allender
1864 - 1943 1868 - 1937
John H Allender wife, Annabella Allender
1892 - 1962 2 Apr 1893 18 Oct 1914
Maxine C Allender
1918 - 1925
Rachel L Baldwin, wife of A B Baldwin
d 10 Apr 1900 41 yr 4 mo 9 days
Orvil G Baldwin, son A B & R L Baldwin
d 13 Feb 1881 2 yr 6 mo 15 days
Pearl, wife of Robert Smith
1882 - 1921
Mitchel Sailing wife, Mary Sailing
7 Apr 1829 28 Sep 1894 5 Oct 1830 4 Dec 1900
Clinton R Sailing Maggie O Sailing
21 Nov 1870 18 Dec 1942 20 Apr 1883 26 Jul 1955
Harry G Scott Orson A Scott
11 Dec 1881 15 Aug 1943 1851 - 1933
Alice G Scott Mary C Scott
1853 - 1921 6 May 1832 2 Feb 1901
John Gabriel Crescentia Gabriel
1843 - 1923 1849 - 1921
son, Henry L Gabriel Emma R Gabriel, R.N.
1881 - 1940 1873 - 1949
Otto W Gabriel
1883 - 1952
Richard Williams Eliza A Williams, wife
16 Oct 1821 21 Mar 1907 31 Jan 1840 10 Jan 1913
Frances E Williams Johnnie M Williams
23 Nov 1864 24 Feb 1885 16 Aug 1875 30 Jan 1887
Albert M Williams Albert F Williams
28 Feb 1858 11 Mar 1893 31 Aug 1883 1 Sep 1901
Page 4 Maple Grove Cemetery - Cedar Bluffs, Saunders County, Nebraska
Row 5 north to south
Charles G Brainard wife, Tena Brainard
28 Jul 1872 5 Mar 1918 4 Dec 1871 16 Mar 1906
John Killian wife, Olive Killian
20 Jun 1857 6 Nov 1935 30 Dec 1866 27 Jul 1907
Victoria Killian
1879 - 1937
Henry H Brainard
Cpl Co K 186 N Y Inf GAR
14 Aug 1847 21 May 1907
Cornelia N Brainard Arthur G Brainard
11 Jul 1842 17 Jan 1922 12 Jul 1880 21 Mar 1947
uncle, Joshua B Brainard
4 Feb 1852 18 Jan 1927
Mary Louisa, wife Sam Hodge
d 14 May 1901 64 yr 1 mo 4 day
Luella B Genoways
24 Oct 1915 18 Mar 1973
Hugh Rae Emma Jane Rae
1856 - 1939 1858 - 1942
Mary E Parker
1860 - 1933
Sarah A Wife of D Y Black D Y Black
15 June 1897 69 yrs d 16 Sep 1898 72 yrs
Children of C P & C M Kissel
dau, Bertha 26 Oct 1897 23 Apr 1898
son, Della A 15 Apr 1894 22 Mar 1895 (question son)
Clarence P Kissel Cora May Kissel Rolfson
28 Mar 1863 5 Jan 1898 11 Mar 1874 16 Nov 1950
Hattie Ethel Miller
12 Jan 1896 30 Jan 1966
Balser Rolfson
1856 - 1924
Elizabeth Staley Sylvester Staley
1866 - 1952 1869 - 1945
Bessie A Pecena
10 Jun 1894 10 Nov 1972
Page 5 Maple Grove Cemetery - Cedar Bluffs, Saunders County, Nebraska
Row 6 south to north
Elizabeth Ruark
19 Jan 1833 27 May 1912
L H (Bud) Westring Ricky Westring
16 Aug 1935 31 Jul 1971 17 Feb 1951 28 Sep 1968
Alexander P Morehouse Adelaid M Morehouse
31 Dec 1848 3 Mar 1908 17 Apr 1850 23 Nov 1898
Samuel W Sampson GAR
Co I 2 Wis Inf
d 24 Apr 1904 67 yr 1 mo
Albert Allen Mrs Albert Allen
9 Nov 1838 28 Jan 1911 d 13 May 1906 69 yr 15 days
Ned W Knapp Edna Knapp Lyman
28 Apr 1860 20 Nov 1903 19 Dec 1870 4 Aug 1942
Raymond H Knapp Lillian R Knapp
1895 - 1971 1900 - 1975
Frank B Knapp Lula A Knapp
1871 - 1936 1870 - 1935
Randall H Knapp Barbara A Knapp
13 Nov 1831 16 Feb 1913 23 Apr 1833 9 Jan 1921
Coming to Nebraska in 1856, when only a little fringe of white
settlement clung along the Missouri River, Mr & Mrs Knapp were true
pioneers. They lived in danger from hostile indians. Went hungry
and cold. Endured all the hardships of pioneer life, worked to-
gether to help subdue the wilderness and for more than half a century
were permitted thus to labor together and to see savagery give place
to civilization. Theirs a high place upon the roll of those hard
pioneers whose toil and sacrifice made the wilderness to blossom and
bear fruit. Theirs a record of long, blameslee, helpful lives
(This bronze plaque is on the side of the larger marker)
John McLaren Winslow Mary K Winslow, wife
16 Mar 1879 22 Dec 1959 5 Apr 1878 23 Nov 1945
Row 7 north to south 11 Sep 1976
John H Staats John W Staats
d 28 Aug 1877 41 yrs d 23 Jul 1899 34 yr 5 mo 7 days
Grace Staats Nellie, dau of J H & S L Staats
d 1 Dec 1906 14 yr 1 mo 28 days d 12 Jan 1866 2 yr 2 mo 29 days
Evangeline Spraktes
1 Dec 19 1 22 Aug 1902
Joe Jesse sister, Anna Jesse
1898 - 1930 14 Jan 1886 8 Oct 1906
LaFayette Jesse inf dau of Fred & Mamie Jesse
22 Oct 1853 16 Mar 1908 b & d 15 Jun 1923
Page 6 Maple Grove Cemetery - Cedar Bluffs, Saunders County, Nebraska
Willi, son Frank & Phoebe Rhein
13 Aug 1905 8 Feb 1911
Dora Beck Valentine Beck
1855 - 1941 1852 - 1921
Edward J Beck Lucille Beck
1879 - 1967 1910 - 1933
Baby Beck
b & d 5 May 1909
Martha P Kissel dau, Myrtle E Garn
1843 - 1922 1886 - 1971
Mathias, son J J & C M Martin
6 Sep 1889 29 Sep 1889
Clara M Martin John J Martin
1862 - 1949 1858 - 1944
LeRoy Roy A Martin
Nebr WW I
Pvt U S Army
18 Dec 1893 19 Apr 1971
Row 8 south to north
James W Otredosky Anna Otredosky
1870 - 1945 1870 - 1946
Hans F Jacobs Boy P Jacobs
11 Jan 1906 10 Sep 1975 29 Dec 1874 26 Apr 1959
John C Jacobs
9 Jan 1880 3 Apr 1953
Julius Holst Lucy Holst
no dates 19 May 1877 5 Sep 1923
Ludwig Miller Henrietta Miller
1 Nov 1841 7 Apr 1936 30 Oct 1840 20 Sep 1931
Emigrated from Prussia, Germany 1880
son, August Miller
4 Aug 1869 3 Nov 1933
Henry Wiegand Marie Wiegand
23 Jun 1887 27 Jan 1974 5 Sep 1890 2 Apr 1975
Andrew P Lorenzen Caryl Lorenzen
20 May 1886 10 Dec 1958 14 Oct 1893 11 Jul 1972
John Henry Clapham Minnie Fisher Clapham
29 Dec 1867 19 Jul 1950 26 Dec 1868 17 Mar 1937
Francis Bushey
Co I 7 Wis Inf GAR
d 2 Jan 1893 66 yr 7 mo 1 day
Page 7 Maple Grove Cemetery - Cedar Bluffs, Saunders County, Nebraska
Hiram A Winslow GAR
Capt Co G 142 N Y Vol
19 Nov 1836 8 Feb 1907
Catherine Winslow
1 Jul 1846 6 ,ay 1936
Glen, son Henry K & Sara Staats
24 Jul 1910 7 Mar 1929
Henry K Staats
11 Sep 1875 29 Jun 1956
Sara L Staats
5 Oct 1877 22 Jun 1945
Inf son H K & S R Staats
22 Apr 1909 1 May 1909
Row 9 north to south
M Stillman Hills
Sgt Co C 95 Ill Inf GAR
1840 - 1920
Harriet A Hills
184 - 1929
Frank J Hills Adele Tawney Hills
1868 - 1959 1871 - 1922
Ray H Hills Claude I Smith
30 Sep 1899 4 Apr 1968 3 Sep 1879 25 Dec 1950
Ludwig Janecek Jemima Janecek
1882 - 1953 1892 - 1924
Edward W Janecek, son sister, Jitka Janecek
1912 - 1933 1883 - 1934
Anna M Arbogast Clara E Arbogast
1889 - 1927 1910 - 1927
Oscar M Fenstermacher
6 Mar 1888 21 Jun 1967
wife, Luella Muehleis Fenstermacher
21 May 1890 31 Mar 1937
wife, Ruby May Loudon Fenstermacher
23 May 1894 24 Feb 1962
Baby Fenstermacher Philibena Fenstermacher
no dates 5 Mar 1863 30 Aug 1948
John Fenstermacher Gerald Fenstermacher
26 Aug 1857 24 Nov 1930 22 Nov 1917 15 Jun 1963
Nebr CY USNR WW II
Row 1 south to north
Marjorie Jones
14 Feb 1897 27 Aug 1972
Page 8 Maple Grove Cemetery - Cedar Bluffs, Saunders County, Nebraska
Robert W Spoonhour
23 Jul 1914 15 Mar 1973
Peter H Seeberg Della H Seeberg
27 Jan 1882 3 Feb 1968 24 Aug 1881 6 Sep 1973
Alain Fauquet
Nebr WW I
Pvt 2 Co 164 Depot Brig
2 Jul 1886 11 Jan 1963
William G Spoonhour Shea Spoonhour
1912 - 1955 b & d 9 Feb 1971
James F Spoonhour Verna Spoonhour
1882 - 1962 1894 - 1975
Bernard Carl A Johnson John V Ostrand
1884 - 1972 19 3 - 1959
August Ostrand Ida K Ostrand
1872 - 1953 1865 - 1952
Otto Ostrand Charlotte H Ostrand, wife
184 - 1914 1837 - 1921
John Haxby
1849 - 1925
unmarked grave
Joseph Gust Ostrand Ellen Elizabeth Ostrand
1875 - 1949 1881 - 1951
Section 2 Row 1 south to north
Joseph Smith wife, Anna Smith
24 Dec 1827 26 Jul 1922 5 Jun 1830 5 Nov 1906
Joseph Smith Jr wife, Mary Smith
1849 - 1922 1866 - 1941
Marion J Smith Florence V Smith
1899 - 1946 1896 - 1965
John Hoshor
20 Jan 1878 15 Aug 1909
Louise R Williams Leona C Williams
11 Feb 1885 2 Feb 1947 14 Mar 1889 7 Jun 1966
son, John L Williams
8 Jul 1911 13 Sep 1913
Charles Olsen
8 Mar 1884 31 Dec 1915
M Leonard Gaughen Thelma V Gaughen
31 Aug 1904 16 Dec 1965 23 Jul 1914 29 Feb 1968
Page 9 Maple Grove Cemetery - Cedar Bluffs, Saunders County, Nebraska
Erik Olsen Anna Olsen
1846 - 1928 1845 - 1920
Teckla Olsen, dau
1886 - 1975
Emil Olsen Sophie Olsen
2 Feb 1880 30 Sep 1964 7 Jan 1880 5 Nov 1959
Richard B Welty
Nebr Pvt Co G 2 BN CWS WW I
11 Dec 1889 29 Apr 1969
Ira A Welty
7 Feb 1892 26 Jun 1913
Abram Welty DeEtta Welty
1858 - 1938 1859 - 1931
Sadie A Palmer, wife W H Palmer Raymond Palmer
22 May 1876 23 Sep 1916 19 3 - 1964
Raymond Smith Edna C Smith
1890 - 1966 1893 - 1933
Inf son Smith
b & d 16 Oct 1916
George C Scott Ethel M Scott
16 Feb 1880 5 Sep 1964 15 Jun 1885 28 Sep 1954
Albert W Olsen Christina Olsen
1875 - 1926 1876 - 1961
Nora B Shipp
1872 - 1943
E H -Barney- Rhode
1898 - 1961
Row 2 north to south
Otto G Harlin Mary C Harlin
1873 - 1936 1886 - 1955
Junior Dean Andersen
1 Feb 1926 8 Feb 1926
Adolph G C Schroeder wife, Anna C Schroeder
28 Oct 1852 26 Feb 1918 11 Dec 1867 4 Mar 1943
Benjamin Williams Matilda Williams
17 Jun 1851 11 Dec 1916 1862 - 1959
J Benjamin Williams Louis D Williams
1879 - 1917 1889 - 1941
Ella K Williams
1897 - 1961
Page 10 Maple Grove Cemetery - Cedar Bluffs, Saunders County, Nebraska
John Oman Christina Oman
5 Jul 1824 2 Feb 1913 24 Feb 1830 10 Aug 1911
born in Sweden
Hilma Johnson
born in Sweden
24 Sep 1870 7 Oct 1941
George W Welty Dora A Welty
27 Oct 1882 9 Jan 1961 23 Jun 1885 7 Feb 1969
Vesta M Welty
29 Mar 1909 1 Sep 1909
Garry Mohr
19 Dec 1946 29 Jun 1947
Lloyd E Hoshor
1903 - 1935
Clarence Dickson
21 Aug 1881 11 Oct 1951
Lula Edna, dau Isaac & Jessie Savage
24 Apr 1899 10 Mar 1908
Clifford J Boulier Alexander Boulier
1 Jun 1881 9 Feb 1956 20 Sep 1845 16 Jan 1930
Sarah A Boulier
4 Jan 1850 18 Oct 1914
Irvin Stanley, son I S & Sarah L Boulier
5 Apr 1903 3 Nov 1905
Rev James W Royse GAR
Cpl Co C 23 Reg Ind Vol Inf
26 Dec 1843 11 Aug 1905
Sam Barrett
born in Troy Pa 13 May 1853
died at Cedar Bluffs, Nebr 27 Jan 1917
Racheal E Barrett, wife
1854 - 1918
Frank N Barrett
1885 - 1968
Vida Loudon Barrett, wife of F N Barrett
1890 - 1974
John Smith
Co H 126 N Y Inf
8 Jan 1840 20 Mar 1919
Mary Smith Margaret E Smith
8 Dec 1848 29 Mar 1928 10 June 1890 6 Apr 1965
Grover F Smith Asa Smith
19 Jun 1888 29 Dec 1971 10 Dec 1878 31 Mar 1963
Joan Smith
30 Aug 1877 28 Dec 1943
Page 11 Maple Grove Cemetery - Cedar Bluffs, Saunders County, Nebraska
Row 3 south to north
William J Harmon Nellie Harmon
1849 - 1921 1860 - 1929
Addie E Harmon Grandmother, Caroline E _?_
21 May 1887 11 Aug 1902 7 Mar 1817 29 Feb 1911
Ethel C Harmon Edward C Harmon
1896 - 1937 12 Dec 1884 5 Aug 1969
Ely Palmer
1842 - 1914
Co G 30 Ill Inf
wife, Emma E Palmer Perry E Palmer
1849 - 1891 1883 - 1962
Fanny M Palmer
1884 - 1969
J Frank Rogers wife, Gertrude Rogers
18 Feb 1885 4 Oct 1949 20 Feb 1882 27 Apr 1930
Row 4 north to south
Glenn V Croshaw Sr wed 17 Jul 1929 to Ida B
1894 - 1975
Jesse Smith Staats wife Sarah J Staats
17 Aug 1841 8 May 1913 15 Mar 1849 2 Mar 1904
LaFayette Guddeback William E Case
3 Jun 1825 6 Nov 1904 4 May 1853 29 Oct 1911
wife, Carrie E Case Frank E Case
18 Dec 1858 10 Aug 1921 Nebr WW II
Pvt Fkd At
Nov 1899 2 May 1948
Oliver J Shannon
1820 - 1910
Curtis E Beebe Amy R Beebe
1862 - 1938 1871 - 1962
S C Beebe wife, Margaret E Beebe
11 Jun 1895 15 Nov 1942 2 May 1893 11 Sep 1959
Frank E Beebe Harley T Beebe
15 Aug 1898 27 Mar 1914 8 Feb 1917 21 May 1928
Thomas Denham Helen Denham
1842 - 1924 1851 - 1917
Jeanette B Denham
25 Mar 1888 24 Jan 1944
Alexander Paul Mary F Paul
12 Feb 1848 19 Dec 1917 15 Feb 1858 22 Sep 1928
Co G 47 Iowa Inf
Frank L Paul Carrie E Paul
16 May 1874 28 Nov 1953 15 Nov 1875 26 Mar 1959
